1.   Another member of his hit parade includes Foster City-based Gilead Sciences, which is developing a pill that it says can cure the flu.

2.   Another possibility is that drug companies may develop a pill to stop the body from absorbing calories from fatty foods.

3.   But if we can develop pills to help slim our bodies, can we find other drugs to make ourselves taller?

4.   Researchers at Neurocrine Biosciences Inc., a small biotechnology firm in San Diego, already have developed a pill that mimics urocortin.

5.   The pill was developed by Dr. Gregory Pincus and Dr. John Rock.

6.   But scientists might someday develop a pill to block the protein the gene produces, which would keep patients from accumulating more iron, Andrews said.

7.   This raises the possibility, he said, of one day developing a pill that would both extend life and control weight.

8.   U.S. scientists are developing a pill for smallpox in case the deadly virus is used in a bioterrorist attack, and report promising results in tests on mice.